Category: history

Miracle on Beam ~ Japan 2022

In the last quadrennial, I’d say the biggest shocker was Taiwan qualifying a full team to the Tokyo Olympics in Men’s Gymnastics.

In Liverpool, without question the biggest surprise was a team from Japan of relative unknowns.

In the qualifications, Japan had the highest team Beam score: 3rd (Shoko Miyata), 5th (Hazuki Watanabe), and 7th (Ayaka Sakaguchi).

And they didn’t compete the reigning World Champion on Beam, Urara Ashikawa.

In the team final, heading to the final apparatus, it looked like Japan would finish 3rd — automatic qualification to Paris.

The wheels finally fell off on Bars. Canada took the bronze team medal. Winning it on Beam.

Canada’s first team medal at Worlds was the 2nd biggest surprise in Liverpool.

Read more about Japan’s miracle meet on The Medal Count:

The Japanese Program is Absolute Madness

top gymnasts of the 2020s

Rebeca Andrade – Brazil 14
Angelina Melnikova – Russia 8
Jade Carey – United States 7
Wei Xiaoyuan – China 6
Mai Murakami – Japan 5

See the full list on The Medal Count.

Worlds & Olympics. Individual medals only. A gold is worth three points, silver is worth two points, and bronze is worth one point.

Daiki Hashimoto & Boheng Zhang

Two of the greatest gymnasts all time. Quite evenly matched. Both young. Likely a rivalry for the ages.

It’s a good time to be alive.

Hashimoto Daiki:

“Competing against him was a motivation (today). The battle with Zhang Boheng is so good.” 

WAG All-Around in 1-minute

If you missed Rebeca’s win in Liverpool, it’s worth going back and watching.

As bad as the Men’s Team Final was — and it was bad — this was one of the BEST women’s AA Finals ever. Most of the top contenders hit 4/4 so Beam falls didn’t decide the ranking.

Rebeca, Shilese, Jessica

GREAT Gymnastics tonight in Liverpool.

Rebeca is the World Champion

And everyone in Liverpool agrees.

Three ACL tears — 2nd at the Tokyo Olympic — now World Champion.

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